The Felon File
Scott LunsfordThe Felon File Podcast is a discussion of law enforcement history, issues, and incidents. Stories of justice and justice failed, in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond. Hosted by Scott Lunsford, retired police detective sergeant, author, and researcher. Listened to in 22 countries worldwide.
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The Buncombe Co. Lynching of 1897 (E-12-9)
Apr 26 • 39m
North Carolina John & Jane Doe Homicides (12-7)
Mar 29 • 21m
The story of the Pizza Gate Man (Episode 12-6)
Mar 15 • 18m
The Murder of Karen Styles (12-5)
Mar 2 • 22m
The Hanging of Dave Mason (Eps. 12-4)
Feb 16 • 19m
Assault by Banjo (#12-2)
Jan 19 • 18m
The Asheville Monkey (12-1)
Jan 5 • 16m
The Murder of Lucy Pollard
Sep 28, 2024 • 31m
History does repeat
Sep 14, 2024 • 24m
He took a bull whip to a legal fight.
Aug 31, 2024 • 34m
Two of Histories Execution Mysteries.
Aug 24, 2024 • 38m
Replay of 2021 Shade of Blue Story to honor Chief Boone
Aug 10, 2024 • 33m
Bonaparte’s retreat and 3 men marched to their death.
Aug 3, 2024 • 19m
The Killing of Sheriff Noland
Jul 13, 2024 • 25m
1928 Murder in Madison NC
Jun 29, 2024 • 26m
11-1 Rum Runners and the Black Duck
Jun 3, 2024 • 33m
Looking for Candidates for that "Special" Place in Hell
May 18, 2024 • 39m
1937 The Murder Year in NC?
May 4, 2024 • 28m
Unfortunate incident or Murder?
Apr 20, 2024 • 29m
England's Killers, Fred and Rosemary West
Apr 6, 2024 • 28m
The 1973 Murder of Stringbean
Mar 23, 2024 • 30m
Ian Brady & Myra Hindley. The English Moor Murders
Mar 10, 2024 • 28m
1875 Murder of the Farmer's Daughter
Feb 18, 2024 • 34m
Her headstone reads "MARY MAGDALENE PITTS”, “Cruelly Murdered”.
Feb 4, 2024 • 38m
The 1913 Murdering Man of the Cloth
Jan 21, 2024 • 36m
1903 payroll robbery and murder by IED
Dec 31, 2023 • 36m
Cars and Crimes
Dec 17, 2023 • 41m
1936 and 1950 Family Murders
Dec 3, 2023 • 26m
Thanksgiving Holiday Crimes
Nov 19, 2023 • 27m
The N.Y. Car Hook Murder
Nov 4, 2023 • 26m
England’s Doctor Death
Oct 21, 2023 • 32m
The 1903 Concert Mass shooting
Oct 7, 2023 • 28m
Was he a Murdering Methodist Minister?
Sep 23, 2023 • 30m
The Mad Bomber of Mayberry
Sep 9, 2023 • 31m
The Devil made me do it.
Aug 26, 2023 • 27m
1886 Memphis Murder, or was it justified?
Aug 12, 2023 • 25m
MoonShine 101.
Jul 29, 2023 • 31m
1871 Murder of the Silas Weston Family
Jul 15, 2023 • 48m
1869 murder of a Congressman
Jul 1, 2023 • 27m
Did the S.C. Lt. Governor get away with murder?
Jun 17, 2023 • 31m
9-24. Criminal or Hero? What's your perspective?
Jun 3, 2023 • 36m
9-23. The Strange Florida Murder of 1865
May 27, 2023 • 23m
9-22 The 1876 Murdering wife of Georgia
May 13, 2023 • 25m
9-21. The 1894 Sixteen-Year-Old Murderess
Apr 29, 2023 • 32m
9-20. A Presidential arrest. (& No, it's not what you think)
Apr 8, 2023 • 27m
Bonus Dept of Justice release info 2
Apr 6, 2023 • 7m
9-19. 1927 Goldsboro NC Murder of a 15-year-old girl.
Apr 1, 2023 • 22m
Bonus 9-30-23. Assistant U.S. Attorney GUILTY!
Mar 30, 2023 • 3m
9-18. Did Man make the whisky? Or did whiskey make the man?
Mar 25, 2023 • 29m
9-17. Missing? Murdered? or Runaway? Mob Justice? Who is the victim?
Mar 18, 2023 • 28m
9-16. The Pollard Murder, a fair trial or "Judicial Murder"
Mar 12, 2023 • 29m
9-15. Firsts in N.C. Law enforcement History
Mar 5, 2023 • 21m
9-14. The Forest City Incident.
Feb 26, 2023 • 28m
9-13. The 1845 weeklong marriage and murder.
Feb 19, 2023 • 32m
9-12. 400 Versions One True Story
Feb 12, 2023 • 32m
9-11. The 1890s missing peddler.
Feb 5, 2023 • 29m
9-9. Law Order and Waffles
Jan 22, 2023 • 30m
9-8. Escaped Killer or Hero US Marshall.
Jan 15, 2023 • 18m
The Buncombe Bastille Breakout
Jan 8, 2023 • 38m
9-6. The man who fell from the sky
Dec 31, 2022 • 29m
9-5. Was it true Santa made the Naughty list?
Dec 25, 2022 • 32m
9-4 King of the Mountain or Insane Killer?
Dec 18, 2022 • 23m
9- 3. The lady in the Georgia Creek
Dec 12, 2022 • 20m
9-B-2. Arrest of "Bad Idea Brad"
Dec 11, 2022 • 9m
9-Bonus-A- Another Special Hell
Dec 7, 2022 • 10m
9-2 Love and Law.
Dec 4, 2022 • 23m
9-1. The Great Asheville & Missouri Simian Hunt
Nov 27, 2022 • 28m
8-26. A relative Murder
Nov 20, 2022 • 34m
more on the Sheriff called Jessie James
Nov 12, 2022 • 20m
The sheriff called Jessie James (8-25)
Nov 5, 2022 • 40m
Halloween 2022
Oct 29, 2022 • 44m
Episode 8-23 Black Widow Poison!
Oct 22, 2022 • 26m
8-22. Clinton Smith, 1996 Kool-Aid killer?
Oct 15, 2022 • 35m
8-21. Mistaken Identy
Oct 8, 2022 • 24m
Bonus #3 Up Date
Sep 28, 2022 • 4m
8-20. Sept 1900, "Hanged" Twice
Sep 25, 2022 • 31m
Update on September bonus episode
Sep 22, 2022 • 1m
Sept-18-Bonus. Is 25 enough?
Sep 18, 2022 • 20m
8-19. 1852 A Hanging in Haywood
Sep 17, 2022 • 30m
8-18 A History of NC Prisons
Sep 10, 2022 • 30m
8-17. 1886 Hanging of Andrew Jackson Lambert
Sep 3, 2022 • 46m
8-16 The Klan vs. the Bootlegger Gangs.
Aug 27, 2022 • 37m
8-15. The catchable but not fetchable Moonshiner
Aug 20, 2022 • 25m
8-14. The 1930s Bunch Gang
Aug 13, 2022 • 33m
8-13. Familicide.
Aug 6, 2022 • 29m
8-12. Mary Jane Crowson’s baby is gone!
Jul 30, 2022 • 22m
8-11. Growing up Charlie Manson
Jul 23, 2022 • 37m
8-10. The story of Otto Wood, in song and print.
Jul 16, 2022 • 27m
8-9. The 1935 Jones Ridge Murder
Jul 9, 2022 • 25m
8-8. Mistaken Identify
Jul 2, 2022 • 28m
8-7. The Ballad of Beautiful Nell Cropsey.
Jun 25, 2022 • 23m
8-6 Vets, Shine and Murder on Spring Creek
Jun 18, 2022 • 19m
8-5, Almost Hanged
Jun 11, 2022 • 29m
8-4. The 1903 Forks of Ivy murder.
Jun 4, 2022 • 20m
8-3 The killing of the busiest man in Western North Carolina
May 28, 2022 • 30m
8-2 A Catfish out of water
May 21, 2022 • 22m
8-1. Hell, to Pay
May 14, 2022 • 23m
Bonus #3 Alabama Bad Guys. And some Bad Good Guys?
May 8, 2022 • 27m
Bonus 2 season 8
May 8, 2022 • 12m
Season 8 Bonus
Apr 30, 2022 • 12m
7-25. Domestic Violence it isn't new.
Apr 23, 2022 • 26m
7-24. The Lynching of Bob Brackett in 1897
Apr 16, 2022 • 37m
7-23. Lavinia Fisher. First female serial killer in the U.S.?
Apr 9, 2022 • 35m
7-22. Stalking Today and Yesterday
Apr 2, 2022 • 38m
7-21. 1873 California. Does one murder justify another?
Mar 26, 2022 • 27m
7-20. The 1914 Muddy Creek Murder
Mar 19, 2022 • 35m
7-19. 1859, Missing Girl, Missing Body. Murder?
Mar 13, 2022 • 36m
7-18- 1928 100-year-old cold case murder in the Carolina mountains
Mar 6, 2022 • 32m
7-16. 1946 Eggers murder
Feb 27, 2022 • 37m
7-15. 1923 London England trial and double hanging
Feb 20, 2022 • 35m
7-14. 1889 Road Rage on Sleds
Feb 13, 2022 • 31m
7-13. The 1827 Vance and Carson Duel
Feb 6, 2022 • 27m
7-12. Murder in the Personal ads.
Jan 30, 2022 • 25m
7-11. 1930s Rat River Manhunt
Jan 23, 2022 • 29m
7-10 1872 murder of a Gilded Age Robber Baron
Jan 16, 2022 • 39m
7-9 The Derby Poisoner, 1870s Lady Murder
Jan 9, 2022 • 28m
7-8. The happiest man who ever lived on death row.
Jan 2, 2022 • 21m
7-7. Christmas Murder and Arson
Dec 26, 2021 • 47m
7-6. The day they hung Santa.
Dec 19, 2021 • 35m
7-5. Law Enforcement and stories of mistaken identities.
Dec 12, 2021 • 28m
7-4. The Best Police Detective in the USA
Dec 5, 2021 • 29m
7-3 Murders of 1936 and 1937
Nov 28, 2021 • 30m
7-x2 The 1846 Murder of Alexander Simpson in Fayetteville NC.
Nov 21, 2021 • 37m
7-1. 1984 Is the Father the Killer?
Nov 14, 2021 • 33m
6-21. 1831 Was it the Devil at the Door? or a Conman
Nov 6, 2021 • 28m
The Halloween Episode
Oct 30, 2021 • 43m
6-19. 1999 abduction of a 10-year-old. Two decades for justice.
Oct 23, 2021 • 26m
6-18. “poisoning mania”
Oct 16, 2021 • 23m
Episode 6-17. Who killed the lady golfer? 1941
Oct 9, 2021 • 38m
Episode 6-16. The Devil in the Orange Grove
Oct 2, 2021 • 35m
6-15. The 2014 Munchhausen Murder
Sep 25, 2021 • 38m
Episode 6-14. Kidnapped in the 70's
Sep 18, 2021 • 39m
Episode 6-12 1986 Death of Debra Wolf. Murder or accident?
Sep 4, 2021 • 30m
Episode 6-11. Dillon the 14 year old Double Murderer.
Aug 28, 2021 • 24m
Episode 6-10. Justifying the Means, or just a Conman?
Aug 21, 2021 • 43m
Episode 6-8 The Model Murder Investigation
Aug 7, 2021 • 26m
Episode 6-7. The 1927 North Carolina Miller manhunt
Jul 31, 2021 • 29m
Bonus 6 3. Victoria's Special level of hell for Offenders
Jul 31, 2021 • 6m
Episode 6-6. The Bluebeard of Paris Serial Killer
Jul 24, 2021 • 34m
Episode 6-4 The Taco Bell Strangler of the 1990's
Jul 10, 2021 • 28m
Episode 6-3. The trial of Zeke Austin
Jul 3, 2021 • 31m
Bonus, 6-2 Free speech for cops?
Jul 1, 2021 • 7m
Episode 6-2, A Certified Nursing Assistant on Death Row
Jun 26, 2021 • 34m
Bonus start of season 6. Murder of a 7 year old
Jun 12, 2021 • 11m
Episode 5-20. Two Homicides from 2011
Jun 5, 2021 • 30m
Episode 5-19. Executed twice. Was it Double Jeopardy?
May 29, 2021 • 31m
Episode 5-18. The thirty-year murder case.
May 22, 2021 • 23m
Episode 5-17, That Special Place in Hell.
May 15, 2021 • 28m
Episode 5-16 Who killed the Hermit of Spring Creek
May 8, 2021 • 30m
bonus, 5-1 Are ACRB?
May 3, 2021 • 3m
Episode 5-15 The massacre of the Donnelly family.
May 1, 2021 • 25m
Episode 5-13 The wicked stepmother. Truth or Fiction.
Apr 17, 2021 • 31m
Episode 5-11. A missing mother, murder, pizza, and Sheriff Ponder.
Apr 3, 2021 • 25m
Episode 5-10. Who shot the Sheriff? You will be surprised.
Mar 27, 2021 • 25m
Episode 5-9. Murder of the Widow in 1951
Mar 20, 2021 • 22m
Episode 5-8 Confidence Artists of today and yesterday
Mar 14, 2021 • 21m
Episode 5-7. The Morris Murders of 1879
Mar 7, 2021 • 21m
Episode 5-6, The Trial of Thomas W Strange.
Feb 28, 2021 • 20m
Episode 5-5 Were they hung because of the cat?
Feb 21, 2021 • 30m
Episode 5-2 Part two of The The Wigwam Murder
Feb 7, 2021 • 48m
Episode 5-4- The Murder of 2 little girls in 1966 Tennessee.
Jan 30, 2021 • 30m
Episode 5-1 The Wigwam Murder
Jan 24, 2021 • 19m
Cold case murder of a High School Student in 1947
Jan 17, 2021 • 29m
Episode 4-20 Killer Robots, Court House Killings and Work Violence
Jan 10, 2021 • 25m
Episode 4-19 Punishment for a 12 year old Killer.
Jan 3, 2021 • 24m
Episode 4- 18. The concept of sanity. How crazy is too crazy?
Dec 27, 2020 • 28m
Episode s-4-17 Abuse, Neglect, and Homicide of our Children
Dec 20, 2020 • 25m
Episode S-4-16 The Worlds Best Con Man?
Dec 13, 2020 • 23m
Episode s4-15 Big Bertha the Confidence Woman
Dec 6, 2020 • 21m
Episode 4- 14 Crimes and Cons of the 1918 pandemic
Nov 29, 2020 • 23m
Episode S-4-13 The Preacher did it. Or did he?
Nov 22, 2020 • 21m
Episode S-4-12- Methodist Camp Meeting Killing of 1889
Nov 15, 2020 • 22m
Episode 4-11 He did the time / but did he do the crime?
Nov 8, 2020 • 23m
Episode 4-9 More Young Killers to review
Oct 31, 2020 • 22m
Episode 4-8 44 years for justice?
Oct 24, 2020 • 28m
Episode 4-7 Before Columbine.
Oct 17, 2020 • 25m
Episode 4-6 A 12 year old Murderer. Did the medicine make him do it?
Oct 10, 2020 • 19m
Episode 4-5 Will we ever know how many children he killed?
Oct 3, 2020 • 21m
Episode 4-4 Victoria's L.I.C. (Low Intelligence Criminal News)
Sep 26, 2020 • 23m
Episode 4-3 - 1975 Child abduction/Cold case
Sep 19, 2020 • 22m
Episode -4-2. N.C. Officer killed in his living room.
Sep 12, 2020 • 31m
Episode 4-1 The Hunt for Rudolph
Sep 5, 2020 • 18m
Episode 3-24. Murder with a stick? or Honor killing?
Aug 22, 2020 • 30m
Episode 3-23 A tale of a truly Evil man.
Aug 15, 2020 • 27m
Episode -3-22 Murder and death in 1936 and 1937
Aug 8, 2020 • 22m
Episode - 3-20 You got the wrong guy, It wasn't me!
Jul 25, 2020 • 32m
Episode 3-19. The newspaper man and the Klan.
Jul 18, 2020 • 26m
Episode 3-18 A Black Widow on Death Row
Jul 11, 2020 • 31m
Episode 3-17 - Grandmother on Death Row
Jul 4, 2020 • 22m
3-15- The Giggling Granny, self made widow & killer.
Jun 20, 2020 • 20m
Episode 3-14 Mass murder in Virginia 2010
Jun 13, 2020 • 18m
Episode 3-13- Triple jeopardy? Tried three time for the same murder.
Jun 6, 2020 • 44m
Episode 3-12-- Listen to the trees they can testify too.
May 30, 2020 • 33m
Episode 3-9 --- 1902 fratricide with an eleven year old killer.
May 9, 2020 • 21m
Episode 3 - 7- An 80 year old open child abduction investigation
Apr 25, 2020 • 34m
Episode 3-5, Power, control and death
Apr 18, 2020 • 37m
Episode 3-4 A view of the Asheville Police Dept from 1970 and 1983
Apr 11, 2020 • 20m
Episode 3-3 --- Political Prisoner or Murderer ?
Apr 4, 2020 • 21m
Episode 3-2 Justice denied and justice delivered.
Mar 29, 2020 • 20m
Episode 3-1 The Satanic Panic - Dungeon and Dragons and murder.
Mar 21, 2020 • 23m
Bonus 3 #6 Wyatt Outlaw
Mar 14, 2020 • 8m
Bonus 5 Redhead Murder and a Nazi Found and removed.
Mar 8, 2020 • 20m
Bonus 3 #4
Mar 1, 2020 • 10m
Bonus 3 #3 Two N.C. Cold Cases
Feb 23, 2020 • 7m
bonus -A killing among friends
Feb 16, 2020 • 4m
Episode -S2-24 Juvenile death penalties.
Feb 2, 2020 • 23m
Episode -S2-23“Five O”
Jan 26, 2020 • 27m
Episode -S2-22 The Atlanta Ripper of 1911
Jan 19, 2020 • 29m
Episode -S2-21- Violence and school shootings
Jan 12, 2020 • 31m
Episode -S2 19 Shootout at the Ironton jail
Dec 29, 2019 • 17m
Eposides S 2-17 Repeat offenders and killers.
Dec 15, 2019 • 19m
Episode S 2-15, Outlaw Whiskey
Dec 1, 2019 • 32m
Episode S2- 13. The Civilian and War Crimes of Champ Ferguson
Nov 17, 2019 • 31m
Episode S2-10- The worst woman on Earth?
Oct 26, 2019 • 16m
Episode s2-9- The Pennsylvania Turnpike Phantom of 1953
Oct 19, 2019 • 19m
Episode S2-6- The Doctor did it.
Sep 28, 2019 • 22m
Episode S2- 5- A murder solved but still not closed. 1936
Sep 21, 2019 • 17m
Episode Bonus 3- Police Chiefs coming and going.
Sep 21, 2019 • 36m
Episode S2- 4- The Buncombe County Smith Cold Case
Sep 14, 2019 • 21m
Episode S2-3- The Murder of 3 year old Lillian Patrick
Sep 7, 2019 • 22m
Episode S2-1- What do you do with a Six year old Murder?
Aug 24, 2019 • 18m
Episode Bonus - 2- More Appalachian trail murder mysteries.
Aug 17, 2019 • 7m
Episode Bonus - 1- A Serial killer and murdering politicians
Aug 10, 2019 • 12m
Episode -22- The 1970s Virginia Bunny man mystery and Investigation
Jul 13, 2019 • 21m
Episode -19 Murder in Mitchel Co. NC. 1904, Murder or self defense?
Jun 22, 2019 • 17m
Episode -13- 1901 murder of a sleeping family.
May 18, 2019 • 18m
Episode -12- Big Al Capone in the Appalachians
May 11, 2019 • 21m
Episode -11 The Murder of 17 year old Muriel Baldridge 1947
May 4, 2019 • 30m
episode - 10 -gambling in the Mountains
Apr 27, 2019 • 26m
Episode -8- Murder and attempted Murder on the Appalachian Trail
Apr 13, 2019 • 17m
Episode -7 The Ghost Town incident of 1992
Apr 6, 2019 • 17m
Episode -6 The Miller Manhunt
Mar 30, 2019 • 19m
Episode -5 - 1964 and a deadly Home Invasion
Mar 24, 2019 • 23m
Episode- 4- Five dead in ten Minutes, Asheville NC 1906
Mar 16, 2019 • 23m
Episode- 3- Montford Avenue Murder / The Trial
Mar 10, 2019 • 27m
Episode 2 Asheville N.C. Montford Ave. Murder.
Feb 20, 2019 • 30m
Episode -1- A LITTLE BACKGROUND -
Feb 8, 2019 • 18m
The Felon File.
Feb 7, 2019 • 59s
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